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Attentional deficit in the siblings of schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Rodger L. Wood  and
Mark cook
Rodger L. Wood*
Affiliation:
St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, and the Psychology Department, University College, Swansea
Mark cook
Affiliation:
St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, and the Psychology Department, University College, Swansea
*
1Address for correspondence: Mr Rodger L. Wood, Senior Neuropsychologist, St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton NN1 5DG.
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Synopsis

A study of attentional deficit in the relatives of schizophrenics and in a matched control group is reported, in which the relatives are found to have poorer scores on a vigilance test and on a choice reaction time test. It is concluded that this deficit points to one of the primary symptoms of schizophrenia, and suggestions for further research are made

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 465 - 467
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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